This week on CounterSpin: People watch how media cover an array of political issues, of course, but there is probably not a single issue that attracts as much scrutiny as coverage of Israel-Palestine. There are enormous sensitivities to how media cover Israel, and serious pressure campaigns have been directed at outlets that are deemed too negative about, or too critical of, Israel.

So it might not be a surprise that a book that is highly critical of the country is being more or less shunned by US media outlets. Today CounterSpin talks to Max Blumenthal, author of the new book Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel. He’ll tell us about the larger story he is trying to tell in the book– a story that he thinks goes mostly unreported in US media. And he’ll explain what the reactions to the book tell us about our own political culture.

LINKS:

–“There Are No Facts: Excerpt from Max Blumenthal’s ‘Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel'” (Mondoweiss, 10/10/13)

Max Blumenthal on ‘Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel’

This week on CounterSpin: People watch how media cover an array of political issues, of course, but there is probably not a single issue that attracts as much scrutiny as coverage of Israel-Palestine. There are enormous sensitivities to how media cover Israel, and serious pressure campaigns have been directed at outlets that are deemed too negative about, or too critical of, Israel.

So it might not be a surprise that a book that is highly critical of the country is being more or less shunned by US media outlets. Today CounterSpin talks to Max Blumenthal, author of the new book Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel. He’ll tell us about the larger story he is trying to tell in the book– a story that he thinks goes mostly unreported in US media. And he’ll explain what the reactions to the book tell us about our own political culture.

LINKS:

–“There Are No Facts: Excerpt from Max Blumenthal’s ‘Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel'” (Mondoweiss, 10/10/13)